Guillaume Adam
Guillaume Adam was a French missionary, writer and latin catholic priest (1101–1341).
Guillaume Adam in brief
- Born
- 1101
- Died
- 1341
- Known for
- missionary, writer and latin catholic priest
Contents
Catalogued works
16 works under this name are catalogued by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1578 to 2010.
Death of Ajax, from "Les Metamorphoses d'Ovide...", dated 1820, etching and engraving, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 45.8.3(162). Polyphemus, Ulysses, and Aeneas, from "Les Metamorphoses d'Ovide...", dated 1820, etching and engraving, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 45.8.3(177). Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, dated 1941, gelatin silver print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1952.203. Portrait of Rosette Loewenstein, dated 1922/59, gelatin silver print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1959.868. Portrait of Annette Rosenshine, dated 1932, gelatin silver print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1959.869. A Romantic Landscape with a Ruined Castle, dated 1778–87, pen and brown ink with brush and brown and gray wash on ivory laid paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1993.205. Afternoon Sun, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, No. 8 from "Portfolio Two: The National Parks and Monuments" (1950), dated 1943, printed 1950, gelatin silver print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1959.530.8. Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National Park, dated c. 1937, printed 1959, gelatin silver print, no. 9 from "portfolio three: yosemite valley" (1959), held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1960.372. L'art d'accoucher réduit a ses principes ... avec l'histoire sommaire de l'art ... & une lettre sur la conduite qu'Adam & Eve dûrent tenir à la naissance de leurs premiers enfans / [Jean Astruc]., dated 1766, held by Wellcome Collection. L'art d'accoucher réduit à ses principes, où l'on expose les pratiques les plus sûres & les plus usitées dans les différentes especes d'accouchemens, avec l'histoire sommaire de l'art d'accoucher; & une lettre sur la conduite qu'Adam & Eve dûrent tenir à la naissance de leurs premiers enfans / [Jean Astruc]., dated 1766, held by Wellcome Collection. L'art d'accoucher réduit à ses principes, où l'on expose les pratiques les plus sûres & les plus usitées dans les différentes especes d'accouchemens, avec l'histoire sommaire de l'art d'accoucher; & une lettre sur la conduite qu'Adam & Eve dûrent tenir à la naissance de leurs premiers enfans / Par J. Astruc., dated 1768, held by Wellcome Collection. Fables choisies , �a l'usage des enfans, et des personnes qui commencent �a apprendre la langue fran�coise. Par L. Chambaud. Avec un index alphabetique des mots traduits en anglois, beaucoup plus considerablement augment�e que dans les Editions pr�ec�edentes. A. Scot, A. M. membre de l'universit�e de Paris., dated 1800, held by Wellcome Collection. Urban networks and the printing trade in early modern Europe (15th-18th century) : papers presented on 6 November 2009, at the CERL Seminar hosted by the Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels / edited by Renaud Adam, Ann Kelders, Claude Sorgeloos and David J. Shaw., dated 2010, held by Wellcome Collection. Histoire de la revolution, de la partie Fran&çaise de St. Domingue . Développement exact des causes et principes de cette révolution. Manoeuvres, intrigues employés pour son exécution. Par G.F. Mahy de Cormere., dated 1794, held by Wellcome Collection. Exhortation d'un pasteur, addressée à de jeunes personnes avant leur confirmation . Traduit de l'Anglois sur la 6me edition. Par J.B., dated 1773, held by Wellcome Collection. Promtuarii [sic] iconum insigniorum a s̀eculo hominum / subiectis eorum vitis, per compendium ex probatissimis autoribus desumptis, editio secunda, illustrium virorum, qui a ̀prima successerunt, imaginibus aucta atque locupletata. Prima [et secunda] pars. [Printer's device, see below]., dated 1578[-1581], held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 3 named public collections.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 5 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 6 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 18 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
7 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
ADAM, GUILLAUME, Encyclopaedia Iranica Online. Témoignage d’entrepreneur : Guillaume Adam, CEO d’ATLENSYS, Photoniques, 2026. Adam Mickiewicz et le romantisme, Bulletin de l'Association Guillaume Budé, 1924. Guillaume Adam im Südlichen Ostafrika, Terrae incognitae, 1953. Evolution of world running record performances for men and women: physiological characteristics, Frontiers in Physiology, 2024. A minimal power model for human running performance., PLoS ONE, 2018. Orta Çağ’da Ruhani Bir Merkez: Sulṭāniye Başpiskoposluğu (1318–1425), Ankara Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 2025.
Digitised editions and texts
2 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.
History of the Protestants of France, tr. by P.E. Barnes (1853) — Internet Archive. Histoire des synodes nationaux des Églises reformées de France (1864) — Internet Archive.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 10 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 7 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 7 means 7 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
Chronology
- 1101Guillaume Adam born.
- 1341Guillaume Adam died.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
Adam Mickiewicz et le romantisme, Bulletin de l'Association Guillaume Budé, 1924
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 2.
- 3.
Guillaume Adam im Südlichen Ostafrika, Terrae incognitae, 1953
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 4.
Témoignage d’entrepreneur : Guillaume Adam, CEO d’ATLENSYS, Photoniques, 2026
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 5.
Directory of Open Access Journals lists 3 articles naming Guillaume Adam.
open access index · Unverified
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Internet Archive, 2 digitised items catalogued under Guillaume Adam as creator.
digital repository · Unverified
Consult the source - 7.
The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Guillaume Adam.
museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Guillaume Adam (5 objects).
museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Wellcome Collection catalogue records 18 works naming Guillaume Adam.
museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q1393849: Guillaume Adam
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata
Consult the source - 11.
“Guillaume Adam”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
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Elsewhere in Books
16,365 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Guido MenasciAuthor
- Guido PioveneAuthor
- Guido von ListAuthor
- Guido WesterwelleAuthor
- Guillaume Amfrye de ChaulieuAuthor
- Guillaume ApollinaireAuthor
- Guillaume ColletetAuthor
- Guillaume de LorrisAuthor
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